WITHIN THE HOUR, POLICE TELL 12 NEWS THAT OFFICER IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. 12 NEWS CHRISTINA PALLADINO IS LIVE RIGHT WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. A LOT OF QUESTIONS, CHRISTINA. AFTER BEING OUT HERE FOR NEARLY 5 HOURS, WEST ALLIS POLICE CLEARED THE SCENE A LITTLE WHILE AGO--WHICH GIVES US A BETTER LOOK AT WHERE THE CRASH HAPPENED. AS YOU CAN SEE TIRE MARKS ARE STILL VERY FRESH--IT SEEMS LIKE THE VEHICLES CAME CLOSE TO HITTING THIS BUILDING. TONIGHT WE KNOW AN ELDERLY MAN IS DEAD AND A ROOKIE POLICE OFFICER WAS JUST RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. NEWS CHOPPER 12 SHOWS THE DEADLY COLLISION BETWEEN A WEST ALLIS POLICE SQUAD AND AN 81 YEAR OLD MAN'S CAR NEAR 80TH AND LINCOLN JUST BEFORE RUSH HOUR WEDNESDAY. POLICE SAY THE ELDERLY MAN WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH. WEST ALLIS DEPUTY CHIEF ROBERT FLETCHER SAYS THE OFFICER WAS RESPONDING TO AN ACCIDENT BETWEEN A VEHICLE AND A BICYCLIST JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. "AS THE OFFICER WAS RESPONDING WESTBOUND IN HIS MARKED SQUAD CAR, HE BECAME INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN THE AREA O8H AND NCOLN WITH ANOTH HICLE, THE OFFICER AND THE OCCUPANT OF THA VEHICLE WERE ANSRTED TO A LOCAL SPITAL." ETCHER TELLS ME ERE WAS ONLY ONE FICER IN THE TROL CAR. LICE A STILL INVESTIGATING IF THE OFFICER'S SQD LIGHTS AND SIRENS WERE ON. THERE'S ALSO NO WORD ON WHY THE UTLITY TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN THE DEADLY ACCIDENT. "THE OFFICER IS A 34 YEAR OLD MALE WITH A LITTLE OVER A YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT, POLICE TELL ME THEY'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE 81 YEAR OLD MAN. JANE WALDECK LIVES DOWN THE STREET FROM THE ACCIDENT SCENE--SHE SAYS THE MAN WAS A LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. "I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS AND I KNOW HE'S LIVED THERE THAT LONG TOO, A FAMILY GUY, HE LIVES DOWNSTAIRS AND HIS FAMILY LIVES UPSTAIRS WITH HIS GRANDCHILD." WEST ALLIS POLICE HAVE ASKED THE STATE PATROL AND THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION. LIVE IN WEST ALLIS...